Festival of the Fish, Duct Tape Festival to take place this weekend

LORAIN -- Two major area festivals will take place this Father's Day weekend, Vermilion's Festival of the Fish and the Avon Duct Tape Festival.

FESTIVAL OF THE FISH

The 47th annual Festival of the Fish will take place Friday through Sunday in downtown Vermilion and Victory Park, features a fishing contest, games, vendors and Lake Erie perch, entertainment and crafts, sand castle building contests, pageants and the annual Father's Day Parade Sunday. Admission is free.

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There also will be an outdoor marketplace with unique items.

The midway opens Friday at noon.

The Festival of the Fish Princess Pageant begins at 2:30 p.m., opening ceremonies take place at 6 p.m. with the Queen's Pageant starting at 6:30 p.m. At dusk, a fireworks display is planned.

Saturday at 9 a.m., the Festival of the Fish Jay Hershey 5K Run and 1-mile Walk begins.

Between 9:30 and 10 p.m., the Lighted Boat Parade will take place on the Vermilion River.

Sunday at 9 a.m., the Queen's breakfast, open to the public, will take place at German's Villa, 3330 Liberty Ave., Vermilion.

At 12:30 p.m., the annual Father's Day Parade will begin on Liberty Avenue. Immediately following the parade, in front of Fire Company No. 1 on Ohio Street, the Vermilion firefighter's will have a water fight.

The West entrance to the Vermilion River will be inaccessible because of using the break wall fireworks. Boaters are asked to use the east entrance to navigate in and out of the Vermilion River. Complete river closure will last from 9:30 to 11 p.m.

There will be no parking from Huron Street to Main Street Beach except for emergency vehicles. Police will enforce this by towing vehicles at the owner's expense.

The 10th annual Avon Heritage Duct Tape Festival takes place Friday to Sunday at Veterans Memorial Park. There will be entertainment and other fun events. This year, the festival will pay homage to the evolution of duct tape since its invention in the 1940s with a "Decades of Duct Tape" theme.

Admission and parking to the three-day event is free. The first 500 visitors to the festival each day will receive a free roll of "Duck Tape."

The highlight of the weekend is the parade, which kicks off Saturday at 10 a.m. from Avon High School, traveling down Detroit Road to the festival entrance.

Festival hours are June 14 from 4 to 11 p.m., Saturday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Saturday, at 2 p.m., the "Project Runway" Fashion Show featuring duct tape clothing, with Season 11 winner Michelle Lesniak Frankling, will be on the main stage.